April 25, 19SS 
Cr. A* letiaore 
Assistaai Secretary 
0'» S» Metional iuae'as 
Bear 
4- * 
.sorts 
la &ccoro.aac© with youi’ letters of authorlsatloa of BefCefaber 
£0, 19S£ and March 15 mid larch 24, 19Si, I left Mim fork ori JaiiU&iy 5, 
Xdhv oa the ta Paula for Paiwiaa, after h&viag spmt the d®y 
of Jsauary 4 ia i-isw lark City chiefly ia arrangiag free traasportation 
with th© Srace Mae of ay ratiier heary &ad bulky coliectiag outfit# 
I was alsTiO able to pay a brief irleit to hr. forasead. at the Aquariujs 
to talk CT?6r things crdsp&gaa, sad to rm out to the Araei’icsii Geographic 
Society lat© ia the eirmiag to pick ap t*o pabiieatioas bearing on the 
Euabcldt Gurreat, iddeh 1 hod hoped iaiv,ht be irt¥'esii(;vfe.t&d ia the cou 2 *se 
of Ctybaia HKXiCock’s Expeoitioa. After mi linoventful trip, I ai-rived 
in Bidbaa on Jsiiaax’y 15. Be wtiT& aefayed tje-sferisl houi-g in passixig th® 
cMial, du© to gasTiewteit coiigefeted traffic bageridered' by the repair of 
one of the locAs. ' 
f'nmma 
Oa the ffloraiag of It tii© Velei’o III , Gap tain B&acock, 
g, left fiilboa, aihciag lalpelo I-islsnd just tm5.acy-fcur 
o??ner, co 
liour-s lutsjs'r# s&opped, here ©carcsly more than three heur-s, parti;/' 
because in ia iaposBibie to arichor off this pinaaclc rock., and sleo 
because landing is so rarf •iuicsrtsin smd go freq.usn'fclj •oassfe that the 
Coiptein did not care to leave & lajidisg party aalior© through a cora.”-' 
eiiaxige of tine. 
distaace 
Ottr next atop wag off La Liber-tad., Ecuador, & :SXioi"s>. 
north of Funta Sants Hena, where we arx/ived Jaanarj l?th, 4 p.a. 
lea-viag 
Its days later, Jai'i'aary EE, o;40 si.au Bo'tli dredging axid slibre eolleC'trp 
ing sei'fe mt£iav%Hkm and emm'Bl species tha't I had aat obtained eur.lng 
ay stay here -la 19£6 were eoeured. A, Lx*. Sbep?jX’d, connected sith ukB 
local oil field of the ilriglo~Icu8.dore.iia Oi.l Oor.ipjmy, is wall acquainted 
siuh Di*, Julia Gardi'ier said uaKed to be r^nie.cihered 't 
to her* 
Ba route 
the Qbliip 0 .^os, im mistiored for iitomb two hours, off Salangs Isliaid 
Seuador w.hiife l£ive&'tigii."ti'Ug & report tliE.'t s.si'iris iguanas had been 
obaerved on ‘tiiis adjacent mainl/inci. In coming out toa-ough ohs rather 
heavy surf, our bo .at wire swmapeti, the only aceiuen't of 'thfs s;lad during 
ths entire expaditioii,# ilo *g.s oa tailed except the.t we were 
given a thorough wetting.^ La Flata isim-id,' iSeuixcioi , was ris-lted the 
ea.m'e afte,mQon for sbaufeyihree ham'-si^loiig ©isoagh^'t:' 
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